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Although Chaos Pictures has become a Hollywood upstart, it is a well-known fact that its family background is weak. At present, the project of "The Incredible Hulk" has not revealed much information, but in terms of scale, it should be a project of about 100 million, plus the upcoming "Iron Man" and "Juno", and don't forget the upcoming "Queen", this breath Chaos Pictures needs to mobilize at least 200 million or even more liquidity, which may be just a drop in the bucket for the six major film companies, but it is bankrupt for small and medium-sized film companies. At the beginning, Chaos Pictures invested in the filming of "Fury Road", and now it has blocked all its net worth to invest in the filming of "The Incredible Hulk" and "Iron Man".

Under such circumstances, Chaos Pictures' liquidity was already tight, and they actually tried to buy out Robert's next film contract at the price of 18 million six movies in one go, which is simply ...... The behavior of the madman, just "surprise" is not enough to describe the inner shock of Terrance and others.

In fact, for brokerage companies, they have encountered countless such situations, and it is only because the target is Chaos Pictures that they panicked. On the one hand, because large film companies have deep pockets and will not default on their salaries, 18 million can be received in one step, which is trustworthy; On the one hand, it is because in addition to the production process, large film companies have guarantees in distribution, publicity, peripherals and other links, and the success rate of works has skyrocketed, which is also the reason why large studios always like to make sequels, and brokerage companies are also willing to sign sequels and hold artists up in a bundled way. But what if the other party is Chaos Pictures?

The name of the seventh player is shouted loudly, but all industry insiders know that this is just shouting, the hard power of Chaos Pictures has not kept up, where to start with the seventh player, at most it is just a leader of a second-tier film company. So, how exactly should innovative artist agencies treat Chaos Pictures?

To be honest, they haven't raised Chaos Pictures to the position of the "Big Six", and the lack of change in this fundamental concept naturally causes subtlety and embarrassment in their attitude. That's why Mark questioned it, but Terrance's rebuttal silenced everyone.

"Can't he be sure?"

Indeed, in all of Hollywood right now, if there is anyone who has the right to be confident that his work will be a success, if there is anyone who has the right to convince everyone that this work will be a masterpiece, it is Lance.

Mark's mouth squirmed, and he wanted to argue two sentences, but the words were stuck in his throat, and he couldn't make a sound, and the kind of grievance was really indescribable. For Lance, they have no room for refutation, one hand at the box office and one hand for awards, even if he is a bastard, but the hard power is there; But for Chaos Pictures, they still have a hesitant attitude - just a small emerging company, the media said that it can compete with the Big Six, and it really doesn't know how thick it is? DreamWorks didn't have such courage back then, where did Chaos Pictures get such courage, and packed six works in one go, and hidden behind the 18 million fixed price is at least 500 million or more future plans......

"So you're convinced?" Although Mark couldn't refute it, he couldn't help but provoke him directly. After the original actor replacement in Sin City, Mark's position within the innovative artist agency has changed more or less, which makes his attitude towards Lance a bit complicated. "They plan a sequel to six movies in one go? Hmph, I don't believe it. ”

Even if "Fury Road" wins by a big hit, anyone with a modicum of sanity knows that this is only the first step in a marathon, and the preparation of "Iron Man" and "The Incredible Hulk" at the same time is a bit out of the ordinary.

At present, the news of "The Incredible Hulk" has not leaked, but the signing of Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, and William Hurt, the innovative artist agency has more or less received some rumors, and they know far more about the situation than other industry insiders.

In their opinion, Chaos Pictures is really a little eager for quick success, and seems to be carried away by the recent victory, operating two commercial films with an investment of more than 100 million at the same time, except for the six major studios, even DreamWorks does not have such courage, not to mention two comic book adaptations - "Superman Returns" The fiasco of this year's summer file is vivid, and the box office trend of "X-Men 3" did not meet expectations is also ironclad evidence. However, now that Chaos Pictures is in full bloom, naturally no one wants to pour cold water, so everyone is applauding, as if everyone voted for Lance.

Now, Chaos Pictures is not only carried away, but also reckless and stupid, and when the box office prospects of "Iron Man" and "The Incredible Hulk" are still unclear, they actually put all six sequels of "Iron Man" on the stage in one go, which is simply self-defeating for a small company like Chaos Pictures. If "Iron Man" fails at the box office, the salary of 18 million will really be wasted; Even if "Iron Man" succeeds at the box office, then the six sequels are at least a six-to-ten-year plan, and if any link goes wrong, Chaos Pictures may face the dilemma of DreamWorks, but now Lance is confident that he is "forward-looking", this is not arrogance, what else can it be?

Terrance doesn't believe it either, and no sane person will believe it, just like Twentieth Century Fox and Paramount made a lot of money because of the "Titanic", but the two companies did not grow by leaps and bounds in the following five years. Chaos Pictures is now showing such ambition just by virtue of the outbreak of "Fury Road", which is indeed ......

Or did Lance have something else to do? For example, the other project they are working on is not "The Incredible Hulk", but an independent work, such as "Fruit Hard Candy", which invests 900,000 yuan in ultra-small budget, then things will be much smoother. Terrance tried to think back to who Lance had been in contact with and who he had been most closely connected with that party night...... The brain ached for a while.

"So what?" Instead of answering Mark's question, Terrance asked rhetorically, "So, what are you going to do?" Argue with them? Replace six with three? Raise your salary from three million to four million? Don't forget, Robert just had an accident and they were willing to maintain a relationship with us, which is already a good thing, and Lance was not so merciful in the first time against Ben Affleck. ”

Mark held his breath in his chest, his eyes wide, "We can completely replace Robert!" It's like Ben! ”

Terrance scoffed, not bothering to answer the question at all, which made Mark snap the case, "Terrance, what do you mean!" Seeing that the two of them were about to quarrel, Wade, who was sitting next to him, threw the folder on the table, "Okay, what is the quarrel." It lightened the mood a bit, "Mark, you should calm down. The subtext was that Mark didn't want to let his personal prejudice against Lance affect the company's plans, and Mark suddenly became embarrassed.

"We can replace Robert, but that means we have to start from scratch." Wade explained simply, and Mark savored it and came back to it.

Innovative artist agencies can of course change actors, they can push other actors to audition, but now it's not the same as in "Sin City", because there are so many actors who want to star in Lance's productions, and Lance has no need to continue working with innovative artist agencies. Robert spent a lot of effort to get the role, and if they refused to compromise, they would probably lose the opportunity to work with Iron Man.

What's more, Lance did not replace Ben as he did at the beginning, but left leeway, which shows that Lance is more optimistic about Robert's appearance, and if they unilaterally remove Robert now, it is likely to affect their other cooperation with Lance in the future.

Purely from a logical point of view: there is more than one Lance in Hollywood, and the innovative artist agency has a big business, so there is no need to compromise at all; But on the other hand, there is only one Lance in Hollywood, and they can choose to cooperate with Lance or choose to fight with Lance, but the right and wrong of the mall is not so simple, and interests are their primary consideration. Even innovative artist agencies are now avoiding it.

"You just read the terms, have you changed any details?" Terrance turned his head to look at Wade and asked, Wade shrugged his shoulders and explained, "It's just that there are requirements for Robert's behavior on set, such as not being late, and nothing else is worth mentioning." In other words, there are no redundant requirements in the distribution of benefits, and there are no principled differences on the details, and the specific situation still has to wait for the lawyer's review.

Terrance let out a long breath, "I see. I'll call Theo in a moment, and we've signed the contract. ”

"What! That's it? Don't we even try to bargain? Mark snapped with round eyes.

Terrance pouted, since he decided to sign a contract, then giving up bargaining, this is a sign of sincerity, however, they are not soft persimmons, "I remember, the project of 'The Incredible Hulk', now only three main characters have been determined, right?" Since they have given in to "Iron Man", then on the "Incredible Hulk" side, they can also stuff some actors, even if it is only a supporting role, I believe that Lance will not refuse - the way of balance, this is the core principle of the mall negotiation, giving up bargaining is also the sweetness of making Lance nod.

Terrance believed that Lance was a smart man and that there would be no problem with the math problem.